1. The average human breathes in 80 million gallons worth of air in a
lifetime.

2. Greeting card writers get paid about $450 per sentiment.

And so one of these weekends I took in a Pop Up video marathon (there
are now 90 half-hour episodes, I think) and jotted down in my greenbook
what I thought to be some of the more interesting trivia items.
Any errors in typing are strictly my own.
-- Adam

3. Amount of junk food the average American eats per year: 21 pounds.

4. Number of people "vacationing" in U.S. mental wards: 147,000.

5. Number of U.S. TV shows that make it to 50 episodes: 1/3.

6. Butterflies and beetles are the only bugs who can see color.

7. Entomaphagy, n.: Practice of eating bugs.

8. Choreophiliac, n.: Person aroused by dancing.

9. Gynodumania, n.: Habit of tearing off peoples' clothes.

10. Number of ladder-related injuries in the U.S. each year: 25,000.

11. Number of species on earth: 50 million.
Number of species identified: 2 million. (4%)

12. Oklahoma has more native languages than Europe.

13. Janet Jackson has 22 nieces and nephews. So far.

14. 1 in 10 U.S. teens wants to be an astronaut. 1 in 5, a rock star.

15. Number of women who describe the first time as "painful": 33%.

16. The average NYC apartment has 2.4 residents.

17. Haptephobia, n.: Fear of contact with other people.

18. 1 in 2 Americans believes communication is important in relationships.
1 in 2 Americans believes in ESP.

19. 60% of all current relationships will end.

20. Four out of five U.S. teenagers thinks there is too much violence on TV.

21. Largest human organs: 1) Liver, 2) Brain.

22. Average time it takes a man to make it: 20 minutes.

23. 15% of Americans meet their future mate at work.

24. 2 out of 3 Americans don't know what an "import quota" is.

25. Saturday Night Special, n.: Any small calibre gun under $50.

26. The average person lives 2334 Saturday nights.

27. 85 million Americans suffer from chronic halitosis.
Okay, it's the rest of us who suffer.

28. Marilyn Monroe tried to kill herself twice before succeeding the
third time.